Swoon List: 5 Things We Adore Right Now

Carefully assembled to provide the perfect ratio of grated cheese to dressing per bite, the cherry tomato salad from Room Four (4907 N. College Ave., 317-925-7529).

The shrimp and grits appetizer at Matt the Miller’s Tavern (11 W. City Center Dr., Carmel, 317-805-1860), in which a creamy Cajun sauce unites fat shrimp, cubes of tasso, and peppers sauteed to submission over a platform of cheesy grit cakes. The dish could hold its own as an entree, which would save everybody the anguish of politely resisting the last creamy bite.

Presented in a deep white bowl with strips of pita for dipping, the curry-and-ginger–imbued masala bean dip at Ralston’s Draft House (635 Massachusetts Ave., 317-493-1143).